Dairy Business (Continued from Page D2B) More Emphasis on Hay Crops Gross Margin of return on your Can you afford to grow com for investment. grain if the acreage is alfalfa must PUBLIC AUCTION DAIRY HERD-MILK TANK MILKING EQUIP. FARM MACHINERY At the farm located near Alpha, N.J. Rt. 519, in Warren County, N.J. 5 miles southeast of Easton, Pa. Sale for Mr. & Mrs. John Gercie. MONDAY, JUNE 18,1984 10:00 A.M. Rain or Shine 25 Holsteins & 1 Ayrshire milk cows, in various stages of production, 6 recently fresh, 4 dry, herd is tested & eligible for interstate ship ment, also pregnancy checked. Dairy Equipment: Majonnier 300 gal. milk tank w/compressor, milker pump, 3 Surge milkers, Stainless pails & strainers. Farm Machinery: John Deere machinery; J.D. 4020 & 730 diesel tractors, J.D. 70 gas tractor w/2 row #227 mtd. com picker, 1948 J.D. model A tractor, 4 row complanter, 8’ hyd. disc, side delivery rake, 5 bottom pull type plows, other makes, Massey Ferguson #l2O P.T.O. baler w/kicker like new, 36’ Zimmerman hay & grain elevator new, New Idea 402 rolobar rake, New Idea cutditioner, 20’ Brillion end lift hyd. spring tooth harrow, Int. 720 automatic 5 bottom plows, 2 hay bale wagons 1 w/no running gears, New Idea #503 front end loader, field sprayers, scrap piles. Not responsible for accidents. Note: This herd is not being fed to produce to the best of their ability. Be on time, few small items. Terms: Cash or Acceptable Check. Auctioneer Arthur Hanna Bloomsburg, NJ. 201-995-7862 =PUBLIC SALES ANTIQUES, GUNS, QUILTS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND COLLECTIBLES MON. EVE. JUNE 18,1984 5:00 P.M. Quilts & Guns at 7 P.M. Sale to be held at the Farmersville Fire Co. located along E. Farmersville Road between Hinkletown and Brownstown, Pa. ANTIQUES & HOUSEHOLD GOODS Maytag Gas Engine; Child’s Rockers; End Tables; Old Desks; Small Wooden Chest; Clothes Trees; Plank Bottom Chairs; Round Back Chair; Bedroom Rocker; Platform Rocker; Wash Stand; Kidney Table; Cane Seat Chairs; Old Wood Bed; Old Quilt Frames; Drop Leaf Table; Old Rockers & Benches; Assorted Old Chairs; Dresser with Mirror; Kitchen Cabinet; Old Farm Table; Towel Rack. 20 ASSORTED KEROSENE LAMPS QUILTS Assorted Old and New Quilts; Crib Quilts; Quilt Tops; Blankets; Comforts; Aprons; Bed Spread; Assorted Books; Stainless Steel Flatware; Bone Handle Flatware; Baby Silverware; Old Baskets; Jug; Crocks; Cast Iron Pump Trough; Grindstone; Misc. Dishes; Toy Rocking Horse; Farm Scales; Brass Store Scales; Hanging Scales; 1 Set Dishes; Crystal; Clear Dishes; Straw Cutter; Corn Seeder; One Hole Comsheller; Iron Kettle Hook; Dolls & Barbie Dolls & Clothes; Doll Cradle; Outside Wind Chimes; Rag Carpet; Tin Cake Molds; Tobacco Sizing Crate; Cigar Cutter; Avon Bottles; Small Iron Kettle; Chicken-on-Nest; Dough Mixer; Corn Popper; Wash Board; Picture Frame; Log Drill Press; Slate Cutter; Wood Planes; Brush Axe; Axe Splitter; Elgin Pocket Watches. GUNS —l-1898 Springfield Rifle; Fox Double Barrel Shotgun; 16 Gauge Gun. Terms by: CLYDETH “Bud” BUCH T. Glenn Horst, Auct. AU0003438L Timothy G. Horst, Auct. AU001767L 859-1331 or 738-1245 Sale Reports A Public Auction of antiques was held June 9 at the Carnival Grounds just off Rt. 73 between Reading and Boyertown in Oley, Berks Co., Pa. before a big crowd. Some items sold were: dresser & chest of drawers $l9O, bedroom suite $330, 2 diningroom suites $l4O each, 2 wicker chairs & settee $340,5 spool cabinets $65 to $9O, hand-carved toys $5O to $65 each, canvas Chevrolet sign $22, pewter pitcher $3l, pewter salt & pepper $l2, 56 pc. Fiestaware $65, Fiestaware set $75, set of stemware $67.50,3 pc. Wedgewood $B5, 1 pc. Irish peleek $3O and 4 pcs. green glass $B5. David S. Allgyer was the auctioneer. OF ANTIQUES G. FRED ZIEGLER ESTATE SATURDAY, JUNE 23,1984 the Kauffman Station Community Center, ranklin, PA. turn east off U.S. route 11 at Cross SALE AT 9:00 A.M. pot; 2 brass candle lamps with prisms; bisque & ;racked; brass kerosene light; kerosene light shades .oyai wu.w.. t pitcher; satin glass bowl; ruby glass souvenirs; loi imori plates; nippon compote; opalescent vase; art glass vase; lan paperweights; beer steins; glass compotes; syrup pitcher; glass . receiver; 2 glass kerosene lights; Heisey glass; Haviland china fruit dishes; willow ware; set of Lenox dinnerware, service tor 12; Napoleon ponrau tea sei ana plates; cut glass knife holder; wedgewood; ' pink luster; nippon plate; Staffordshire decorated teajwt; master salts; silver items; large balogna, meat platter; brass ladels; iron forks and ladels; copper kettles; copper tea kettle; brass can-' dleabra; brass hand bell; 2 tin candleholders; childrens toys; cannon ball and brass andirons; spice i box; mechanical lock; early fans; fancy ladies evening bags; mantel clock; wicker baskets; oil paintings; engravings; wide variety of pictures and frames; magazines from 1860’s on Godeys, ( Harpers, etc; Adam frame mirror; Unusual collection of antique clothing 1800’s well preserved, ladies early dresses, fancy waists, skirts, hats, dress bonnets, mens swallow tail suites, white stiff \ front skirts, high silk hat; shawls, scarves, quilts, linens. i Walnut 2 pc. arch door corner cupboard with butterfly shelves, glass panes, late 1700’s; walnut Chippendale chest 3 over 2 over 4 drawer; cherry Pembroke 4 leg drop leaf table; walnut Hepplewhite l table; walnut round tilt top table; round oak claw foot ext. table; empire wall leaf table; Sheraton butler desk; oak Scroll top desk; slant top desk; large empire buffet; cherry single drawer stand; clover drop leaf stand; walnut table with 4 front drawers and glass front shelf top; 3 large walnut, glass front bookcases; oak glass door bookcases; finger carved Victorian settee; Victorian, resh, grandmother, ladder back and wicker rockers; ladder back, cane seat, Victorian ladies chair and{ walnut frame chairs; 2 plank bottom high chairs; walnut hall rack; organ stool; shaving mirror with inlay; ten plate stove; 2 early decorated wood stoves; large store counter; Victorian, cannon ball, and spool bedsteads; iron bed with brass knobs; white marble top petticoat stand; cherry empire chest of drawers; chifferobe with mirror; 5 solid cedar chests; some dovetailed; very old dovetailed 1 blanket chest, ball feet, lid cracked; straw covered chest; dovetailed pine blanket chest; 10 trunks; wood water trough. Edgar J. Stull Auctioneer AU-000921-L thereby be limited? The hay you must purchase at $125 a ton might have been produced more easily and cheaply on that com ground. A comparison of the returns from corn as silage and com as grain shows a more than double ad vantage in favor of com silage. A crop Budget comparison run on my computer shows a return of $309 an acre for com silage, and only $101.50 for shelled com from the same field. Very often, the extra com land should have been planted in alfalfa, to balance up the dairys’ needs for TDN and extra protein. Notice how sneaky I was in just casually mentioning that the calculations were done on a computer? 1 could have calculated a crop budget with paper and The Merri-Buck Complete Holstein Dispersal was held June 7 by Park L. Buckwalter and Mary Ann Buck waiter, Watsontown, Pa. just off Et. 44 on Glaze Ed. The high cow, Merri- Buck Jem Sheila was sold for |6400. Other registered Holsteins brought $3OOO, $2500 and $2200. The average of all of the milking cows was $1425. Sale Manager was Gordon & Eon Wood. XXX A Public Sale of an tiques and collectibles was held June 4 by Mahlon Keith, along Eidge Eoad from Sinking Spring to Denver, Lane. Co., Pa. Some prices included 0 DAY PUBLIC 2nd DAY SALE SATURDAY, JUNE 30,1984 at the residence at 49 N. Carlisle St. Greencastle, Pa. SALE AT 10:00 A.M. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, Trust Dept, Executor G. Fred Ziegler Estate pencil (with the help of a And whether you do your calculator, of course,) but as I’ve ciphering with a pencil or a said before, ’rithmetic gives me a computer, you can profit greatly pain in the head. The Apple from a little figuring on whether Computer loves numbers, so I’U let your cropping system is returning it do the number crunching. the most for your time and money. butcher ladle marked “J. Smith 1847” $125, walnut spice box $lOO, Conestoga wagon jack $lOO, 6 tune music box $360, tulip hinge $5O and wooden tremel $5O. H.H. Leid Auction Service, Inc. conducted the sale. A Public Sale of farm machinery and grain bins was held June 9 by Eegester Bros. Farm, at 17826 Falls Ed., Upperco, Maryland in Baltimore County. The following prices were received: J.D. 6620 side-hill combine $31,500, J.D. 5020 tractor $9OOO, J.D. 4020 tractor $7lOO, Ford 8000 $4500, Ford 5000 $5700, J.D. 730 tractor $3700, A.C. 7010 tractor $14,000, John Blue 1000 gal. sprayer $4700, J.D. 1460 com planter $750, A.C. no-till planter (for beans) $l4OO, Generator 3 cyl. engine on wheels $BOO, 4 hay wagons w/bale thrower racks $825 to Clip this ad it will only appear once. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 16,1964—029 ON THE GROW $975, J.D. 336 baler $2750, J.D. 640 rake $950, N.H. 479 haybine $l9OO, Better Build tank spreader $l5OO, aluminum dump trailer $6300, White Tandem dump truck w/21’ body $4500, Int. 1600 w/dump $3BOO, J.D. 5-bottom plow (on land) $625, 10’ chisel plow $675, transport cultipacker $1025, J.D. 1630 disc harrow $2OOO, J.D. model 210 disc $l4OO, no till hay buster drill $l9OO, grain bin 27,500 bushel $3500, grain bin 15,000 bushel $2300, wet bin 2000 bu. $BOO, automatic grain dryer $500,110’ grain leg $7lOO and 4 portable hog houses $525 to $lO5O. Nevin E. Tasto was the auctioneer. XXX A 2 Day Antique Auction of household goods and toys was held June 8 and June 9 between Allentown and Harrisburg at Kempton Community Center, Kempton, Berks Co., Pa. Some items sold were: Papier-Mache Santa Clauses $275 to $5OO, pitcher & bowl set $l9O, yellow ware rabbit mold $lOO, 1841 Or wigsburg coverlet $4OO, German toy carousel $775, monkey doorstop $llO, paneled stained glass lamp $350, cookie cutters $3O to $75 each, German Bisque doll $2OO, low pine dry sink $575, marble top tables $l6O to $3OO, Bennington fish mold $260, comer cupboard $l5OO, mechanical lion & monkey bank $2OO, high dry sink $llOO, blue decorated jugs & crocks $75 to $175, and brass buckets $35 to $B5. Jay Riegel, Jr. was the auctioneer. XXX A Public Sale of real estate was held June 9 by Mrs. Ruth Elgin at the farm located on the north side of Jefferson, on Old Middletown Rd., in Frederick Co., Maryland. The 23% acre property with an old brick house, barn, sheds, caretaker’s house and dog kennels was sold for $135,000. Sale Manager was Remsburg Sale Service. A Public Auction of antiques and personal property was held June 9 by Joseph Lloyd, 317 Murry Hill Drive, Lancaster, Pa. Some prices were: blanket chest, dated 1776 and featuring strap hinges and a grab lock $1375, Victorian marble top sideboard $1225, 2 china closets $550 & $3BO, early four-drawer chest $555, walnut drop leaf table $415, 4 Hit chcock chairs $6OO, 2 waU clocks $540 & $3BO, Victorian game table $245 and Indian rug $225. Auctioneers were Ira and Dale Stoltzfus and Jay Leary. A Public Sale of blacksmith tools was held June 9 by Douglas Caldwell, 1109 Penn Grant Rd., 1 mile west of Strasburg, Lane. Co., Pa. Some prices included: cone $87.50, anvil $llO, broad axe $5O, milk cans $l9 each, dinner bell $7O, swageblock $l2O, tarpot $75, wooden bellows $55, horseshoe measure $42, pony wagon $240 and single squareback sleigh $275. Auctioneers were Robert & Jeffrey Martin and Frank L. Steller.